Display stand



Jan; 6, 1931. A. c. HILL 1,787,859

DI SPLAY- STAND Filed May 18. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I N VEN TOR.

A TTORNEY.

Jan. 1931' A. c HILL.

DISPLAY STAND Filed May 1a. 1929 2 sheet 2 Patented Jang6, 1931 I uNsD sTA Y Artnnnonrm, or vnnnom 'rnxns DISPLAY STAND; v

The present invention relates to improvements in display stands and'jhas reference more particularly to a? device adapted tobe placed on a counter in a store or other sinnlarplace for displaying merchandise.

' One of the important objects of the present invention is to provide a display stand wherein the same includes angularly disposed trays for receiving and displaying the merchandise, a removable placard having suitable indicia printed or otherwise ar-' ranged thereon being supported across the top of the display stand.

A further object is to provide a display stand of the" above-mentioned character wherein-the parts are so arranged and assembled as to provide a relatively strong construction, said display stand being further adapted to present a neat appearance when placed on a counter or show case.

Another object is to provide a display stand of the above-mentioned character wherein the same is constructed in such a manner as to permit access to the trays from either side.

A still further object is to provide a dis playstand ofthe above-mentioned character that can be constructed at a very low cost and which will, at all times be'positive and efficient in carrying out the purposes for which it is designed.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will becomeapparent from the fol- I lowing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the accompanying drawings wherein like reference characters indicate 7 corre sponding parts throughoutthe same;

Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthe display stand embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof;

Figure 3 is an end elevation. s

Figure 4: is a vertical sectional View taken approximately on the line 44 of Figure 1;

and

Figure 5 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken substantially on the line 5 -5 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows. 7

In the drawings wherein for the purpose 929. "Serial No. 3 4,283.

bod iment offm'y invention,jthe numeral 1 des gnates generallymy improved display stand, the same comprising a'pair of parallel spaced transversely disposed base members or feetQ and S -respectively Each base 'men'r berjcomprises a rectangularly shaped piece of wood, the upper edge of which is inclined gradually fromthe central portion thereof toward the respective ends, said inclined portions being denoted by the numeral 4 with reference more particularly to Figures 3 and Lot the drawings. Upon referring'to the of illustration is shown the preferred (emaforementioned figures; it will be further noted thattheends of each wooden, bar con- I stltuting the base or feet converge gradually toward'the lower straight edge of said bar.

' The *di splay stand further includes the provision ofa pair (if-vertically disposed standards 5 and 6'respectively 'andtlie lower edge portion of each standard-is'cut away at its inner face to providea shoulder 7'. The lower end portions of the standards are secured by any appropriate fastening means to the outer facesof the central portions of the'respe'ctive bases or feet so that the shoulderf? will abut against" the straight upper edge oijthe central portion of each base' or foot as suggested very clearly in Figures 4 and 5. The upper end ofeach standarddis formed with a longitudinally extending slit 8 for apurpose to be presently described; The

innerface of each standard is alsoscutout as,

indicated ati9 injthe intermediate portion thereof to accommodate a transversely dis- 7 character 10 while the arm that fits within the cut out-portionformed-in the. opposite standard 6 denoted byfthe numeral 11 andin Figure 5 of the drawings there is clearly illustrated the relationship of the transversely isposed arms with respect to the vertical standards; I

"Ihe armslO andll are of a length less l 'thanthat of the feet or base members 2 and 3 butthe upper edge of e'a'ch cross armii's inclined- "gradually from the central portion thereof toward the respective ends and the inclined portions are-indicated at 12, -Also the ends of each cross arm converge grad- 16respectively are arranged acrossthe in ually toward the lower straight edge thereof.

Any appropriate fastening meansrmay' be 1 driven through the standards of the respective cross arms to provide arigid structure.

' Disposed across the inclined upper edges of the feet or base members 2 and 3 on one side oflthe. standards, 5 and 6 is the angularly disposed tray-18; A similar tray 14 extends across the inclined upper edges of said base or feet members on the standards.

Smaller angularly disposed trays 15am opposite. sides'of the clined upper edges of the cross arms 10 and 11 on the opposite sides of the vertical standards5 and Gas clearly shown in the drawl-n s- Q I Ilach ofthe aforementioned trays include a bottom board 17 and an upstandingrim 18 around the outer edges of the board.

base members and the cross arms respectively on opposite sides of the standards.

2. In a display stand, a pair of spaced base members, a pair of standards secured at their lower ends to the outer' faces of the respective base members at the intermediate portions thereof,the inner face of each standard being cut out to form a shoulder for abutting engagement with the upper edge of the respective base member, the inner face of each standard being-cut out at its intermediate portion, a cross arm secured at its central portion in the intermediate cut out portion of each standard trays secured across the upper edges of the base members on opposite sides of the standards'pand additional trays secured across' the upper edges of'the arms on opposite sides of the standards.

I In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ALFRED G. HILL.

The inner opposededges of the boards of I each pair of trays are disposed in abutting relation and the merchandiseto be displayed is placed in the upper and lower trays and as. the lower trays extend outwardly beyond the outer edges of the upper trays, access to the several trays may bereadily and easily had inorder to remove the contents of the various trays therefrom fromeither side of p the display stand.

A. placard 19 bearing any suitable advertisingindiciaorv other printed matter is dis posed across the upper ends of the standards and the respective ends of the-placard are removably fitted in the'slots 8 provided therefor in the upper ends of the standards.

-A,display stand of the above-mentioned character can be constructed at a very low cost and may be placed upon a counter or showcase for displaying merchandise contained within the trays in a conspicuous inanner. Furthermore by arranging the parts in the manner as shown and described, the dispjlayostand will be rendered strong and durable. i V

While I have arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit of the inshown the preferred einbodivention or the scope of the appended claims.

i 'What I claim; is:

1. In a display stand, a pair ofispaced base lmembers, standards securedgat their lower ends to the central portions of the respective base members on the outer faces thereof, cross arms secured to the .inter me .diate portions of thefst'andards, the upper edges oftherbase members and the cross arms being respectively inclined gradually I from the central portion tothe outer ends thereof, and angularly disposed trays arranged aoross the inclined upper edges of: the 

